Senior bureaucrat Utpal Kumar Singh (Retd. IAS:1986:UK), the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, is likely to get another extension, his time until March next year. Officials say the proposal is being examined in view of the winter session that opens on December 1 and the Commonwealth Countries Speakers’ Conference scheduled for January.
Singh took charge of the Lok Sabha Secretariat on November 30, 2020 on contract basis, succeeding Snehlata Shrivastava (Retd. IAS:1982:MP), who had completed a three-year term from December 1, 2017, to November 30, 2020. Singh’s present tenure — his fourth one-year extension — runs until November 30, 2025, by which time he will have completed five years in office.
If the fresh extension is cleared, Singh will continue beyond that five-year mark, ensuring stability in the Secretariat through both the upcoming session of Parliament and the international conference early next year.
Before being brought to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Singh served as Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand, rounding off a long administrative career before moving into his current parliamentary role.
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